The output from INIT (sysvinit 2.85) is garbled when runninn on kernel 2.6.9 and using SMC1 as the console port When runnign SCC1 as console port, no garbling occurs. Only the output from INIT seems to be garbled. And only output that does not show up on netconsole.
The problem was not present in 2.6.7, which used the old smc/scc uart drivers. Output with scc1 (ttyCPM1) Serial: CPM driver $Revision: 0.01 $ ttyCPM0 at MMIO 0xf0011a80 (irq = 4) is a CPM UART ttyCPM1 at MMIO 0xf0011a00 (irq = 40) is a CPM UART ... Freeing unused kernel memory: 276k init INIT: version 2.85 booting Activating all swap files/partitions...Adding 1028152k swap on /dev/hda2. Priority:1 extents:1 ... Setting hostname to gold4_cpu1... [ OK ] INIT: Entering runlevel: 3 Starting system log daemon... [ OK ] Output with SMC1 (ttyCPM0) Serial: CPM driver $Revision: 0.01 $ ttyCPM0 at MMIO 0xf0011a80 (irq = 4) is a CPM UART ttyCPM1 at MMIO 0xf0011a00 (irq = 40) is a CPM UART ... VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem). IT:?ersion 2.85 bootingemory: 276k ini? Activating all swap files/partitions...Adding 1028152k swap on /dev/hda2. Priority:1 extents:1 Mounting proc file system... [ OK ] ... Setting hostname to gold4_cpu1... [ OK ] INIT: En?ring runlevel: 3 Starting system log daemon... [ OK ] Rune Torgersen System Developer Innovative Systems LLC 1000 Innovative Drive Mitchell, SD 57301 Ph: 605-995-6120 www.innovsys.com